Basics
Class: G-type asteroid
Location: Main belt
Orbit length (approx): 3.82 years
Discovered: 22nd August 1852 (time unknown), from London, U.K., by John Russell Hind
Notes: One of the largest main-belt asteroids, Fortuna has a composition similar to (1) Ceres: a darkly colored surface heavily space-weathered with the composition of primitive organic compounds, including tholins.
Events at time of discovery:
- August 3 – The first American intercollegiate athletic event, the Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, is held.
- August 4 – Birth of Catharine van Tussenbroek, Dutch physician
- August 30 – Birth of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Naming information
Name origin: Roman goddess of fortune and fate, and the personification of luck
Mythology: Largely thanks to Boethius, Fortuna remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance, and still holds socio-cultural significance. She is usually depicted with a ship's rudder, a ball or wheel, and a cornucopia; as with Justice, she can also be shown veiled and blind.
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| Detail of a statue of Fortuna at the Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican City. Photo by Daderot. |
Astrological data
Discovery degree: 4+ Pisces
Discovery Sabian: A Church Bazaar
Discovery nodal signature: Libra-Gemini
Estimated orbital resonances: Mercury 1:16, Earth 5:19, Mars 5:9, Ceres 6:5
Discovery chart details: Fortuna was opposite Ceres. Juno was square the Nodes; Vesta conjunct Saturn with Pholus trine both. Venus was square Chariklo. Pallas was trine Chiron. Not many one-degree aspects in this chart.
Summary and references
Likely to represent the influence of chance, as well as the Wheel of Fortune causing changes in luck[1]; inconsistency, mutability, potentially swift and abrupt reversals, and the philosophical approach to these events[2].
References:1) Kathryn Hocking: Asteroid Fortuna
2) Jessica Adams: All About Fortuna in Astrology
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| Noon discovery chart for (19) Fortuna: 22nd August 1852, London, U.K. |
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